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   An Early Warning Sign of Dementia Risk May Be Keeping You Up at Night,   
   Says Study   
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   ...   
   ..   
   More specifically, it showed that having frequent bad dreams and   
   nightmares (bad dreams that make you wake up) during middle or older   
   age, may be linked with an increased risk of developing dementia.   
      
   In the study, I analyzed data from three large US studies of health   
   and aging. These included over 600 people aged between 35 and 64, and   
   2,600 people aged 79 and older.   
      
   All the participants were dementia-free at the start of the study and   
   were followed for an average of nine years for the middle-aged group   
   and five years for the older participants.   
   ...   
   ...   
   I found that middle-aged participants who experienced nightmares every   
   week, were four times more likely to experience cognitive decline (a   
   precursor to dementia) over the following decade, while the older   
   participants were twice as likely to be diagnosed with dementia.   
      
   Interestingly, the connection between nightmares and future dementia   
   was much stronger for men than for women.   
      
   https://www.sciencealert.com/an-early-warning-sign-of-dementia-r   
   sk-may-be-keeping-you-up-at-night-says-study   
      
   Lipophilic beta-blockers and those with higher serotonin 5HT1A   
   receptor affinity, shorter half-lives, and lack of alpha-blockade are   
   more likely to cause nightmares; thus, nightmares are more common with   
   propranolol, metoprolol, and pindolol [29] and least common with   
   sotalol, carvedilol, and labetalol [29]   
      
   https://www.uptodate.com/contents/nightmares-and-nightmare-disor   
   er-in-adults/print   
      
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